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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

eth-account-wallet

GHSA-6xfc-3f4p-8gw6

Malicious code in eth-account-wallet (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.11.2`

## Source: kam193 (4e0a297fd6a2bfc0e15f9aac09c92768a4725458ad282594e97ec15bb3fa8c5f)
During installation, the package exfiltrates sensitive env variables, browser data, crypto wallets files, ssh keys and other configuration files.


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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.


Campaign: 2026-08-bip39-py


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - crypto-related


 - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.


 - exfiltration-crypto


 - exfiltration-browser-data


 - exfiltration-env-variables


 - exfiltration-ssh-keys


 - exfiltration-credentials


 - uses-telegram-bot

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/6a972618e39d8ff09404418e59be8c4051ea872d/osv/malicious/pypi/eth-account-wallet/MAL-2026-13372.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/eth-account-wallet
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/6a972618e39d8ff09404418e59be8c4051ea872d/osv/malicious/pypi/eth-account-wallet/MAL-2026-13372.json
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/8f52b84c97de7e28dedbd5766a5ad7b5a11fa9cd/osv/malicious/pypi/eth-account-wallet/MAL-2026-13372.json
- https://pypi.org/project/eth-account-wallet/0.11.2
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6xfc-3f4p-8gw6

Compromised versions (1)

  • = 0.11.2

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.